One shot was all Falsta got. An instant later his blaster was pointed harmlessly at the ceiling, frozen in place by Chewbacca’s iron grip around both the weapon and the hand holding it.

That should have been the end of it. Falsta should have conceded defeat, surrendered his blaster, and walked out of the cantina, a little humiliated but still alive.

But Falsta had never been the type to concede anything. Even as he blinked furiously at the ale still running down into his eyes, his left hand jabbed like a knife inside his jacket and emerged with a small hold-out blaster.

He was in the process of lining up the weapon when Han shot him under the table. Falsta fell forward, his right arm still raised in Chewbacca’s grip, his hold-out blaster clattering across the tabletop before it came to a halt. Chewbacca held that pose another moment, then lowered Falsta’s arm to the table, deftly removing the blaster from the dead man’s hand as he did so.

For a half dozen seconds Han didn’t move, gripping his blaster under the table, his eyes darting around the cantina. The place had gone quiet, with practically every eye now focused on him. As far as he could tell no one had drawn a weapon, but most of the patrons at the nearest tables had their hands on or near their holsters.

Chewbacca rumbled a warning. “You all saw it,” Han called, though he doubted more than a few of them actually had. “He shot first.”

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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:46 pm

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DancelittleewokEUC Staff

Joined: 15 Sep 2010Posts: 1177Location: Kansas

Scoundrels is becoming the most hyped Star Wars book in 2012. New excerpt: http://www.eucantina.net/archives/12542 Timothy Zahn linked us on his Facebook page too!_________________Observation: Life would be cooler if everyone spoke like HK-47.

This will probably be the first Star Wars book in a very long time I will not buy. I thought Allegiance was sub-par and Choices of One was just awful. The continuity problems alone Scoundrels will create is already giving me a headache. It is fitting that Lucas and Zahn are the ones that got us interested, cause their works are what's going to send so many of us away.

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:18 am

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Mara Jade SkywalkerAdministrator

Joined: 15 Feb 2008Posts: 5799Location: Beyond Shadows

Mad Wook wrote:

...and Choices of One was just awful.

Funny somebody else agrees with me. Choices of One seemed to be received with such amazement and fanfare...and I just didn't like it. I love all of Zahn's books, even Allegiance. And of course I'm a Mara Jade fanatic. But I just couldn't get through Choices of One. _________________
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:35 pm

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Mad WookKnight

Joined: 14 Apr 2011Posts: 464

I'm also a huge Mara fan, have been since '92. And her parts of Choices weren't the worst reading ever. But... Luke having his saber taken away by thugs after what we've seen him do in all the comic series (Marvel, Empire, Rebellion, etc...)? Leia designing the move that brought down the walkers in ESB? I call B.S.

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:03 pm

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WerehunterKnight

Joined: 08 Apr 2011Posts: 362

I still say that book would have been much better without Luke, Leia and Han. There was little need for the Rebellion to be part of it.

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:30 pm

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ReepicheepMaster

Joined: 05 Feb 2008Posts: 7121Location: Sailing into the unknown

It's been too long since I read it, but I recall liking it. I thought Zahn's writing style had really improved since the Thrawn days. Less wooden._________________
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Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.